2012 QG42

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.3744934283 ± 2.93e-08
Semi-major axis (a)1.0257494058 AU ± 1.80e-09
Inclination (i)6.80830323° ± 1.05e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)344.76625830° ± 8.60e-07
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)116.19428088° ± 2.03e-06
Mean Anomaly (M)182.04251951° ± 1.20e-05
Mean Motion (n)0.9487468895°/day ± 2.49e-09
Perihelion dist (q)0.64161299 AU ± 3.00e-08
Aphelion dist (Q)1.40988582 AU ± 3.01e-08
Orbital Period1.03887169 yr ± 2.73e-09
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)20.90
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-06-01
RMS Residual0.278″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.013397 AU
Observations Used2023
Radar Obs Used8
Oppositions1
Arc Total2012-2019
First Observation Used2012-08-26
Last Observation Used2019-05-11
Observations (2170)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2012-09-12 21:29:49 C 20 29 27.06 +10 52 17.6 u C40
2012-09-12 21:30:52 C 20 29 24.31 +10 52 32.3 u C40
2012-09-12 21:31:56 C 20 29 21.54 +10 52 47.2 u C40
2012-09-12 21:32:59 C 20 29 18.79 +10 53 02.2 u C40
2012-09-12 21:34:02 C 20 29 16.04 +10 53 16.6 u C40
2012-09-12 21:35:06 C 20 29 13.29 +10 53 31.8 u C40
2012-09-12 21:42:09 C 20 28 54.82 +10 55 10.8 u C40
2012-09-12 21:44:16 C 20 28 49.30 +10 55 40.4 u C40
2012-09-12 21:45:20 C 20 28 46.52 +10 55 55.5 u C40
2012-09-12 21:46:23 C 20 28 43.78 +10 56 10.5 u C40
2012-09-12 21:47:27 C 20 28 41.00 +10 56 25.3 u C40
2012-09-12 21:48:30 C 20 28 38.25 +10 56 40.0 u C40
2012-09-12 21:49:33 C 20 28 35.48 +10 56 55.0 u C40
2012-09-12 21:50:37 C 20 28 32.71 +10 57 09.9 u C40
2012-09-12 21:51:40 C 20 28 29.93 +10 57 24.5 u C40
2012-09-12 21:51:50 C 20 28 29.53 +10 57 26.9 u C40
2012-09-12 21:52:53 C 20 28 26.76 +10 57 42.1 u C40
2012-09-12 21:53:56 C 20 28 24.00 +10 57 56.6 u C40
2012-09-12 21:56:03 C 20 28 18.45 +10 58 26.3 u C40
2012-09-12 21:57:06 C 20 28 15.69 +10 58 41.1 u C40
2012-09-12 21:58:10 C 20 28 12.93 +10 58 55.7 u C40
2012-09-12 21:59:13 C 20 28 10.16 +10 59 10.8 u C40
2012-09-12 22:00:16 C 20 28 07.41 +10 59 25.4 u C40
2012-09-12 22:01:20 C 20 28 04.63 +10 59 40.1 u C40
2012-09-12 22:37:15 C 20 26 43.67 +11 10 23.3 w J47
2012-09-12 22:48:41 C 20 26 12.94 +11 13 06.0 w J47
2012-09-12 22:56:19 C 20 25 52.22 +11 14 54.9 w J47
2012-09-12 23:09:24 C 20 25 16.83 +11 18 01.3 w J47
2012-09-12 23:43:11 C 20 23 43.96 +11 24 37.4 r J27
2012-09-12 23:47:51 C 20 23 31.41 +11 25 43.9 r J27
2012-09-12 23:51:25 C 20 23 21.78 +11 26 34.2 r J27
2012-09-13 00:33:10 C 20 21 30.28 +11 37 59.1 w J24
2012-09-13 00:33:27 C 20 21 29.46 +11 38 02.7 w J24
2012-09-13 00:33:45 C 20 21 28.71 +11 38 07.2 w J24
2012-09-13 00:34:02 C 20 21 27.85 +11 38 11.0 w J24
2012-09-13 00:34:37 C 20 21 26.29 +11 38 19.3 w J24
2012-09-13 00:35:28 C 20 21 23.91 +11 38 32.0 w J24
2012-09-13 00:35:45 C 20 21 23.17 +11 38 36.1 w J24
2012-09-13 00:36:02 C 20 21 22.35 +11 38 40.3 w J24
2012-09-13 00:36:19 C 20 21 21.64 +11 38 44.2 w J24
2012-09-13 00:36:37 C 20 21 20.81 +11 38 47.9 w J24
2012-09-13 00:36:53 C 20 21 20.02 +11 38 52.0 w J24
2012-09-13 00:37:10 C 20 21 19.24 +11 38 56.2 w J24
2012-09-13 00:37:28 C 20 21 18.49 +11 39 00.0 w J24
2012-09-13 00:37:45 C 20 21 17.69 +11 39 04.2 w J24
2012-09-13 00:38:02 C 20 21 16.92 +11 39 08.0 w J24
2012-09-13 00:38:19 C 20 21 16.15 +11 39 12.0 w J24
2012-09-13 00:38:36 C 20 21 15.37 +11 39 16.1 w J24
2012-09-13 00:38:53 C 20 21 14.61 +11 39 20.2 w J24
2012-09-13 00:39:10 C 20 21 13.78 +11 39 24.6 w J24
Radar Observations (8)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
2012-09-13 05:10:00 196289.173 1.5 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2012-09-13 05:30:00 191811.549 1.5 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2012-09-13 05:40:00 20011910.94 10 us 8560 -14 -14
2012-09-13 06:10:00 19972738.03 2 us 8560 -14 -14
2012-09-14 21:37:00 -36649.1704 0.03 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2012-09-14 21:39:00 19502873.69 4 us 2380 -1 -1
2012-09-15 21:09:00 21746337.13 1.5 us 2380 -1 -1
2012-09-15 21:16:00 -84331.3341 0.05 Hz 2380 -1 -1
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)